Food Stamp Nutrition Connection Resource Database

[Shauna Thomas]

At 11:43 AM 7/31/2001 -0400, you wrote:

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>Have you developed nutrition education materials for low-income audiences?

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>The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) at the National Agriculture

>Library is developing a dynamic new resource system for the Food Stamp

>Program.  This resource system, called the Food Stamp Nutrition Connection,

>will feature an online database filled with nutrition education and training

>materials appropriate for use with Food Stamp recipients.  Instead of

>spending countless hours trying to identify existing resources, educators

>can quickly search this database.  For educators that don't have time to

>reinvent the wheel, this database will definitely be a first stop!

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>I need your help in filling the database with great nutrition education and

>training materials.  Please share what educational materials (curriculum,

>lesson plans, videotapes, booklets, etc.) you are using with low-income

>clients.   I am also interested in any materials you are using to train

>nutrition educators working with Food Stamp participants.

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>To submit information about your materials, please complete and return the

>form below.  I am including the form as basic text below due to recent

>"problems" on listservs with attachments.  If we do not already have a copy

>of the material on file at the library, I may need to contact you or the

>producer for a copy (so be sure to include this contact information with

>your submission).

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>Thank you for helping develop a valuable resource for nutrition educators!

>Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or require

>additional information.

>

>Sincerely,

>

>Alicia H. White, MS, RD

>Nutrition Information Specialist

>FNIC Food Stamp Project

>National Agriculture Library/USDA

>10301 Baltimore Avenue, Room 105

>Beltsville, MD 20705-2351

>Telephone: (301) 504-6053

>Fax: (301) 504-6409

>

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>-------Food Stamp Nutrition Connection Submission Form----

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>Your name:

>Your telephone number:

>Your e-mail address:

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>*********Material Information*****************

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>Title: How Much Is a Serving?

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>Author(s): Revised by Shauna Thomas, RD

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>Author's Affiliation: Cornell University

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>Date Produced/Revised: 2001

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>Purpose:

>___ Training professionals/paraprofessionals

>x___ Educational materials for participants

>___ Research/report

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>Audience Age:

>___ Preschoolers

>___ School Age Children

>___ Teenagers

>__x_ Adults

>___ Seniors

>___ Any age

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>Special Needs

>___Pregnant

>___Disabled

>___Migrant workers

>___Homeless

>___Chronic disease

>_x__Other:_Feeding Children Aged 2-6__________________

>___Does not apply

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>Cultural Applicability:

>_____Native American

>_____Hispanic

>_____Asian and Pacific Islander

>_____African-American

>_____Others ________________

>_____General public

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>Brief material description:

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>Describes appropriate serving sizes for foods from various food groups for 

>children ages two through six.  It also lists some key points on feeding 

>children and provides visual comparisons to estimate serving sizes.

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>Outcomes and methods of any readability tests:

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>Describe any pilot testing/evaluation of this material:

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>Availability in languages other than English:

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>Producer/publisher: Cornell Resource Center

>Address: 7 Business and Technology Park, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850

>Phone No. 607-255-2080

>E-mail: resctr at cornell.edu

>Web site

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>******Ordering Information******

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>Can this material be ordered in quantity? Yes

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>Cost: $10.75/package of 25

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>Use Restrictions:

>___x__Materials copyrighted

>_____Permission required to reproduce

>_____Not copyrighted

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>Contact for ordering (if different from the Producer):



Shauna Thomas, RD
Resource and Volunteer Issues Leader
Division of Nutritional Sciences
3M13B MVR
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853

Phone:  607-255-4554
FAX:            607-255-0027
E-mail: st246 at cornell.edu
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